Microsoft IllumiRoom: gaming without borders

Microsoft's new gaming technology, called IllumiRoom, has finally been revealed in a proof-of-concept video that actually looks really cool.

(Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia)

In September last year, a very linguistically convoluted patent called "Immersive Display Experience" was made publicly available for viewing. If you could get through the jargon, it described a system that turns your lounge (or other gaming room) into a full gaming environment using the Kinect sensor and a projector.

We were intrigued — and now, having seen Microsoft's proof-of-concept in action, we think it looks potentially amazing.

Our system uses the appearance and the geometry of the room (captured by Kinect) to adapt the projected visuals in real-time, without any need to custom pre-process the graphics. What you see in the videos below has been captured live and is not the result of any special effects added in post production.